If you want to install a "developer workstation" with cinnamon (LMDE7), this is where it happens.
Please note this does not work if you use the zfs or btrfs file system with proxmox.
I am currently making another tutorial for installation with zfs and btrfs (subvolume and raid1) from a debian installation with "wayland" (gnome, kde) as a bonus.
1) Install Promox-ve 9.0-1 via iso
2) Connect to Proxmox-ve via ssh as root
3) Create a new main "source.list" type file as under LMDE7
Bash:
echo " ##Source LMDE7##
deb http://packages.linuxmint.com gigi main upstream import backport #id:linuxmint_main
deb https://deb.debian.org/debian trixie main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
deb https://deb.debian.org/debian trixie-updates main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
deb http://security.debian.org trixie-security main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
deb https://deb.debian.org/debian trixie-backports main contrib non-free non-free-firmware" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list4) Create "additional-repositories.list" file
Bash:
echo "# PVE pve-no-subscription repository provided by proxmox.com,
# NOT recommended for production use
deb http://download.proxmox.com/debian/pve trixie pve-no-subscription" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/additional-repositories.list5) Delete the old "source.list" file and "pve-enterprise.list"
Bash:
rm /etc/apt/sources.list
cd /etc/apt/sources.list.d
rm ceph.sources debian.sources proxmox.sources pve-enterprise.sources6) Create an apt pref file for official-package-repositories
Bash:
echo "Package: *
Pin: release o=linuxmint,c=upstream
Pin-Priority: 700" >> /etc/apt/preferences.d/official-package-repositories.pref7) Create an apt pref file for official-extra-repositories
Bash:
echo "Package: *
Pin: origin "build.linuxmint.com"
Pin-Priority: 700
" >> /etc/apt/preferences.d/official-extra-repositories.pref8) Add the LMDE7 ppa key
Bash:
apt update -oAcquire::AllowInsecureRepositories=true && apt inst
apt install --reinstall -y --allow-unauthenticated linuxmint-keyring9) Update the repository list
10) Install "sudo" packages
12) Update the repository list
13) Configure your locale for langage and other, follow the steps
14) Add your user account
15) Add your user account to the sudo group
Bash:
usermod -aG sudo your_user16)Add the sudo right to your user account via "visudo"
Add this line
Bash:
%sudo ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL
your_user ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL17) Installation of the cinnamon interface and its dependencies
Bash:
apt install --install-recommends -y debian-system-adjustments && apt update && apt install --install-recommends -y mint-meta-cinnamon cinnamon cinnamon-l10n cinnamon-desktop-data mint-common lightdm-settings mintlocale mintmenu mintsystem mintupdate mintwelcome mint-mirrors mint-translations mint-themes mintinstall mint-backgrounds-uma mint-backgrounds-una mint-backgrounds-ulyssa mintstick muffin nemo nemo-emblems nemo-preview nemo-share mint-meta-codecs timeshift xreader boot-repair timeshift synaptic numlockx software-properties-common software-properties-gtk slick-greeter gnome-terminal gnome-font-viewer gnome-calendar gnome-calculator gnome-menus gnome-power-manager firefox bulky caribou gdebi onboard redshift sticky thingy webapp-manager xapp-appimage-thumbnailer xapp-epub-thumbnailer xapp-mp3-thumbnailer xapp-raw-thumbnailer xreader xviewer xviewer-plugins acpi-support acpid alsa-utils anacron avahi-utils avahi-autoipd baobab build-essential cups cups-browsed fuse3 lintian && apt -y install cinnamon-desktop-environment mintdesktop18) Update the distribution
19)Reboot your computer
the installation has installed many games by default, I advise you to remove them if you do not want them. you can do it via synaptic by choosing by category it goes very quickly.
If you want up-to-date apps, I recommend using flatpak.
Optional amdgpu drivers:
If you have an AMD processor with an iGPU you will have to install the drivers by hand because the pve-firmware package does not contain them.
1) check the version of the "firmware-XXXXX" package available at the trixie repositorie:
http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/non-free-firmware/f/firmware-nonfree
2) Firmware download, extract and copy
AMDGPU
Bash:
wget http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/non-free-firmware/f/firmware-nonfree/firmware-amd-graphics_20250808-1_all.deb
dpkg -x firmware-amd-graphics_20250808-1_all.deb firmware-amd-graphics
cp -r firmware-amd-graphics/lib/firmware/* /lib/firmware/3) Update "initramfs"
Bash:
update-initramfs -k all -u4) Reboot
Optional bluetooth, wifi card and other drivers:
if your bluetooth, wifi card or other are not recognized despite the installation of the "pve-firmware" package, you will have to do it manually.
1) check the version of the "firmware-XXXXX" package available at the trixie repositorie:
http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/non-free-firmware/f/firmware-nonfree/
2) Firmware download, extract and copy
INTEL WIFI and BLUETOOTH
Bash:
http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/non-free-firmware/f/firmware-nonfree/firmware-iwlwifi_20250808-1~bpo13+1_all.deb
dpkg -x firmware-iwlwifi_20250808-1~bpo13+1_all.deb firmware-iwlwifi
cp -r firmware-iwlwifi/lib/firmware/* /lib/firmware/REALTEK WIFI and BLUETOOTH
Bash:
wget http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/non-free-firmware/f/firmware-nonfree/firmware-realtek_20250808-1~bpo13+1_all.deb
dpkg -x firmware-realtek_20250808-1~bpo13+1_all.deb firmware-realtek
cp -r firmware-realtek/lib/firmware/* /lib/firmware/OTHER, MEDIATEK, ...
Bash:
wget http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/non-free-firmware/f/firmware-nonfree/firmware-misc-nonfree_20250808-1~bpo13+1_all.deb
dpkg -x firmware-misc-nonfree_20250808-1~bpo13+1_all.deb firmware-misc-nonfree
cp -r firmware-misc-nonfree/lib/firmware/* /lib/firmware/ALL in one shot (danger)
Bash:
wget http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/non-free-firmware/f/firmware-nonfree/firmware-nonfree_20250808.orig.tar.xz
tar -xf firmware-nonfree_20250808.orig.tar.xz
cp -r firmware-nonfree_20250808/* /lib/firmware/3) Update "initramfs"
Bash:
update-initramfs -k all -u4) Reboot
optional, network configuration:
If you want to use cinnamon's network-manager, you will need to modify the "/etc/network/interfaces" file as well as the "/etc/hosts" file.
Indeed it is simpler to do nat and choose your wifi or wired connection via the graphical interface than to do everything on the command line and restart each time.
example file:
/etc/network/interfaces:
Code:
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
auto vmbr0
iface vmbr0 inet static
address 192.168.199.254/24
bridge-ports none
bridge-stp off
bridge-fd 0
metric 100
post-up echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward
post-up iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -s '192.168.199.0/24' -o wlo1 -j MASQUERADE
post-down iptables -t nat -D POSTROUTING -s '192.168.199.0/24' -o wlo1 -j MASQUERADE
# post-up iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -s '192.168.199.0/24' -o enp4s0 -j MASQUERADE
# post-down iptables -t nat -D POSTROUTING -s '192.168.199.0/24' -o enp4s0 -j MASQUERADE/etc/hosts:
Code:
127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost
192.168.199.254 COMPUTERNAME.domain.local COMPUTERNAME
# The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts
::1 ip6-localhost ip6-loopback
fe00::0 ip6-localnet
ff00::0 ip6-mcastprefix
ff02::1 ip6-allnodes
ff02::2 ip6-allrouters
ff02::3 ip6-allhostsI created a subnet "192.168.199.0/24" with the IP of my proxmox PC "192.168.199.254".
I do "postrouting" to have a network connection.
I'm not going to detail everything, there is quite a bit of tutorial on this on the net and on the forum.